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Harmful Algal Bloom Events Increase Along with Seafood Demand, Coastal Development

An unprecedented analysis of almost 10,000 Harmful Algal Bloom events worldwide over the past 33 years was launched today by UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.

9 Jun 2021

Artificial Ocean Alkalinization Could Offset the Acidification of the Great Barrier Reef

According to a new study, injecting an alkalinizing agent into the ocean along the stretch of the Great Barrier Reef could help offset a decade's worth of ocean acidification, specifically at the current rate of anthropogenic carbon emissions.

9 Jun 2021

Exploring Massive Plankton Blooms with Vastly Different Impacts on the Ecosystem

"The big mystery about plankton is what controls its distribution and abundance, and what conditions lead to big plankton blooms," said Dennis McGillicuddy, Senior Scientist and Department Chair in Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

8 Jun 2021

Corals Provide Insights into how Global Warming Causes Seasonal Changes in the Arabian Sea

Coral insights into 1,000 years of seasonal changes in the Arabian Sea warn of significant impacts caused by global warming.

7 Jun 2021

UN Calls on Countries to Restore Nature for Addressing Climate and Biodiversity Threats

Facing the triple threat of climate change, loss of nature and pollution, the world must deliver on its commitment to restore at least one billion degraded hectares of land in the next decade - an area about the size of China.

4 Jun 2021

Unique Corals can Regenerate Coral Reef Habitats on the Great Barrier Reef

Table corals have been dubbed as "extraordinary ecosystem engineers" - with new research showing these unique corals can regenerate coral reef habitats on the Great Barrier Reef faster than any other coral type.

2 Jun 2021

“Browning" Lakes Will be Less Hospitable to Plant and Animal Life

As more dissolved organic matter enters lakes across the northeast United States, darkening the lakes in a phenomena called "browning," new research shows that these waters may be growing less productive and able to sustain less life.

2 Jun 2021

Study Explains the Effect of Swedish Forest Fire on Ecosystem

For four years, Swedish scientists from various institutions, which also included Uppsala University, have been collecting information from the regions impacted by the major forest fire that occurred in 2014.

2 Jun 2021

World's Richest Ecosystems Grow on Ancient Soils

The world’s richest, most endemic ecosystems grow in the oldest, most infertile landscapes, according to new research by The University of Western Australia.

2 Jun 2021

Patterns of Climate Change Drove Early Human Evolution

Headed by Dr Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr from the University of Potsdam, a scientific consortium has discovered that prehistoric El Niño-like weather patterns were mainly responsible for causing the environmental change in the sub-Saharan African region over the past 620 thousand years—the crucial timeframe for human evolution.

1 Jun 2021